Manuela Di Centa (Paluzza, January 31st 1963) is an Italian cross-country skier. She won two gold medals at the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer and twice the Cross Country Skiing World Cup (1994 and 1996). In 2003 she was the first Italian woman to climb Mount Everest.

Maria Manuela (1527-1545) was the only surviving daughter of King Joao III of Portugal and his wife Katharina of Austria. Through her marriage to Philip II of Spain the title "King of Portugal" went to the Spanish king.

Manuela Arbeláez Correa is a Colombian-born American model and actress, perhaps best known for her work on the television game show The Price Is Right. Arbeláez was born in Medellín, Colombia to Luis Carlos Arbeláez and Gloria Correa, but moved to the United States in 2006 and relocated to West New York, New Jersey. Shortly after moving to the United States, Arbeláez became one of the finalists during the 2008 season of Nuestra Belleza Latina, a beauty contest/reality show hybrid airing on the American Spanish-language television channel Univision placing 6th place in the competition.